It wasn’t really optimal for traditional metal turning, though, so Mini-Lathe 2 was undertaken. ... There’s a cross-slide, a quick-change tool post, and a manual lead screw for the carriage.

CNC lathes have spindles that spin workpieces held in chucks or collets. A carriage and cross slide move along ways to position cutting tools against the spinning part. A cutting tool may remove metal ...

[Tim Nummy] used his cheap, Chinese, bench mini-lathe to make a non-terrible mailbox flag holder (YouTube video, embedded below). Tim posts videos on his channel about garage hobby projects, many ...

THE accompanying engraving shows a practical little kink for turning scollop hand-wheels in a lathe. The writer once had a large number of hand-wheels to be made as shown at O.